TV PILOT/CAHSEE PREP

SENIORS: Continue with your work on your TV pilot.  The script must be complete by Wednesday, March 11.  Pitches begin on Thursday, March 12.

SOPHOMORES: Click on this link for Grammar 4 and put your answers in your notebook under the title Grammar 4.

There is some confusion as to the difference between ITS and IT'S.  You'll need to remember that ITS is the possessive form and IT'S=IT IS.
      Example: It's up to you.  (It is up to you.)
                      I knew what model car it was, but I wasn't sure about its color.  (its=the color 
                      belonging to the car)
If you're not sure whether to use ITS or IT'S, try saying the sentence with IT IS.  If the sentence makes sense, use IT'S; if it doesn't make sense, use ITS.

The CAHSEE might ask you to write a formal letter.  There is a certain format for that type of writing.  Click on this link to see what that format looks like; then, in long-hand, write a formal letter to Mr. Becker about cleaning up the trash on school grounds.  Click on this link for the prompt to that letter.  This assignment serves two purposes: 1) You get experience writing a formal letter and learning its format, and 2) I can see if your handwriting is legible enough for the CAHSEE, giving you time to improve your handwriting if I can't read it.